plural pheasant or pheasants
1
: any of numerous large often long-tailed and brightly colored Old World gallinaceous birds (Phasianus and related genera of the family Phasianidae) including many raised as ornamental or game birds compare ring-necked pheasant
2
: any of various birds resembling a pheasant
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Taiwan’s untamed mountains, like Jade Mountain—at nearly 13,000 feet the region’s highest peak, located in Yushan National Park—invite trekkers to rise above the clouds, where Formosan black bears roar and rare birds like the endemic mikado pheasant pass by.
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Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Within a few months, the young tigers have to hunt live prey released into their enclosures, starting with domestic rabbits and pheasants and gradually progressing to wild boar and sika deer.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Prior to Sadie, Adkins had used German Shorthair Pointers to hunt pheasants, chukars, grouse, woodcock and quail.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
According to the New York DEC, pheasants are among the state’s most popular small game animals and approximately 23,000 hunters harvest more than 50,000 pheasants each year.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Within a few months, the young tigers have to hunt live prey released into their enclosures, starting with domestic rabbits and pheasants and gradually progressing to wild boar and sika deer.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Prior to Sadie, Adkins had used German Shorthair Pointers to hunt pheasants, chukars, grouse, woodcock and quail.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
According to the New York DEC, pheasants are among the state’s most popular small game animals and approximately 23,000 hunters harvest more than 50,000 pheasants each year.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2025
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pheasant
noun
pheas·ant
ˈfez-ᵊnt 
plural pheasant or pheasants
: any of numerous large long-tailed brightly colored birds that are related to the domestic chicken and many of which are raised as ornamental or game birds
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